I thought we would be doing good if we were able to get to 8-4 this season. I thought Ohio, Nebraska, Iowa and either Notre Dame or lil bro would hand us the four losses.

I thought changing coaches was going to net us no gain. Putting the players through another coaching change looked like a bad idea. It looked like we would be starting on yet another four year plan to bring in kids for a new system and teach them how it runs.

I thought giving up on RR for Brady Hoke was a bad deal. BH has shown he is an outstanding coach and a leader of men.

After the game with lil bro, I thought Denard's poor throwing would cost us more than his legs would gain us.

If Michigan State University was run by people of integrity they would see that the players who were clearly attempting to injure other athletes were kicked out of the school and the coach that accepts their behavior, (if he doesn't outright teach it), should be fired.

But, the school does not have people in charge with integrity.

I can't imagine the University of Michigan's AD and leadership tolerating either players or a coach who engages in such practices.

While the current names don't strike me as being genius, I haven't heard any suggestion that is better than Legends and Leaders.

I agree with Delany that this is a conference of legends and leaders. What is it, four of the winningest programs in the history of college football all in one conference? That ought to be bragged about.

Legends and Leaders is a lot classier than East and West, or North and South, or Up and Down.

Lakes and Plains is simply lame. Only Iowa and Nebraska would be justified in being in the "Plains" division.

Whether it is Tressel with his lies, or Woody Hayes with his sucker punching an opposing athlete, any reference to TSIO would give the Big Ten a stench. We don't need that.

As I understand it, when teams from the Big 10 go to bowl games, the money they make gets shared with the other teams in the conference. Is this true? Will TSIO be cut out of the revenue sharing if they are banned from being in bowl games?

Will they be cut out of getting a share of the conference championship money?

It would be a shame to the rest of the teams in the conference if TSIO still was allowed to take a share of the income.

In a few years I'm sure we will be talking about "Mattison's Maulers". But, this next year we will still have a young group of DBs.

A big advantage from last year is that the defense spent so much time on the field, then got the extra 15 practices for the bowl game. That makes for nearly two years of experience compared to what they would have gotten on a strong defensive team.

I agree with those who think we will finish ranked about 60th in overall defense, maybe better.

Then next season, watch out. "Mattison's Maulers" will be running wild on opponents.

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